I guess it was originally created as a productivity tool as there was not any good Python IDE back before the year 2010. But after a while it became a monstrosity and new tools emerged but it was rooted so deeply that it was impossible to implement the new tools.
But as said I'd really love to work on those projects. Most of the people don't get the prestige to own one's own baby in a big corporation. 99% of the job is maintaining a shit mountain of code and piling new shits on top of it. It really took a lot of luck to be able to make it happen.
I mean even for people who get to work for Jetbrain or Microsoft Visual Studio team, they don't get to create new IDEs, they are buried deeply in a shit mountain of code and JIRA issues.
Plus the pay and vacation is really good for the banks.
But as said I'd really love to work on those projects. Most of the people don't get the prestige to own one's own baby in a big corporation. 99% of the job is maintaining a shit mountain of code and piling new shits on top of it. It really took a lot of luck to be able to make it happen.
I mean even for people who get to work for Jetbrain or Microsoft Visual Studio team, they don't get to create new IDEs, they are buried deeply in a shit mountain of code and JIRA issues.
Plus the pay and vacation is really good for the banks.